[Operations] Twinity update Mar 12, 2009

Dear Twinizens,

We just wanted to let you know that we will be updating Twinity today from 11:30 to 13:00 CET. It will not be possible to login to the client during this time. After the update has completed, the patch will run automatically and update your client when you restart Twinity.

Thanks,

Craig

Indie Tuesday – Meet Super 700 at the MOTOR Club Today!

The rocketing Super 700 stop by at the virtual MOTOR Club and are to present their latest single release “S.T.T.S.M.C.” and chat with fans!

After the septet caused a fury with their self titled debut album (released 2006 at MOTOR Music), the first single “Tango” from their fresh album “Lovebites” already smelled like a break through. Now MOTOR Digital in cooperation with Twinity bring you the opportunity to enjoy the brand-new second release “Somebody Tried To Steal My Car” in the bosom of Twinity’s indie community at the Indie Tuesday.

Where: MOTOR Club
Day: Tuesday, 10 March, 2009
Time: 18:00 Berlin, 12pm NYC, 01:00 Singapore

Decide for yourself and come along to chat with Michael (bass) and Schmiddle (drums). They will be at the MOTOR Club live & in persona (virtually). Be inspired by a sound that cannot be pidgeon-holed: Super 700! Virtuous trip rock music with a message in Twinity!

The Indie Tuesday bonus: You can get special gifts in the MOTOR Club.

 Super 700 @ Indie Tuesday

Reminder: vote in our latest poll

Dear Twinizens,

I would just like to ask for a quick vote in the latest poll “Are things improving in Twinity?”. It just takes a second – choose your answer and then click submit. The poll can be found to the right in the sidebar, or right here.
[poll=19] Thanks!

Closing party of THE SPIRIT contest today!

Our THE SPIRIT contest ended last weekend…and you might be the winner! We would like to show you the contributions & celebrate in the shady atmosphere of the Spirit Eventhall. Of course the contest winners will be announced; be there if you want to know first who gets a cool original THE SPIRIT action figure or a movie poster signed by author Frank Miller.

Where: THE SPIRIT Eventhall

Day: Thursday, 05 March 2009

Time: 17:00 Berlin // 11am NYC // 00:00 Friday Singapore

Our musical topic will be “Movie Themes”. If you know the tune of a certain movie theme that you would like to have on the playlist, please send a message to Jane zitty – she will be glad to fulfill your musical wishes!

Catch THE SPIRIT’s spirit – once again in Twinity!

 thespirit

News from the Development Department

We are currently preparing the next release, which will bring some nice improvements like simplified private chat, additional outdoor spawn-points for better city navigation, improved voice chat reliability and better handling of large friend-lists. We target next Tuesday as release date.

Meanwhile we follow our new strategy to push out improvements and bug-fixes in-between releases. To avoid client freezes we temporarily disabled the chat window. It will be back with the next release. Another related problem was fixed with a patch today: Sorting the chat bubbles in 3D was sometimes causing freezes. Also we had to take back an experimental feature to compress texture size on low-end hardware, because it does not work correctly and needs more investigation. Now everyone will see the full texture resolution again.

Finally a request to content creators: We are currently beta-testing the Collada model upload functionality (models can be found on Google warehouse or exported from 3d-modeling tools). If you have problems uploading a specific model, please send it to support and we will investigate the problem and try to fix it.

[Operations] New patch – March 3

Dear Twinizens,
We just wanted to let you know that we deployed a small patch today. This patch resolves the blurry picture / texture issue that many experienced as well as a small fix to improve stability. When you restart Twinity, the patch will automatically run and update your client.
Thanks,
Craig

New poll: Are things improving in Twinity?

Dear Twinizens,

Recently, we talked to you about your feedback, and gave you an update on our development work. We’d like to ask your general impression of progress in the Twinity beta. Please vote in our new poll “Are things improving in Twinity?” You’ll find the poll on the right-hand side, below the blog categories and blogroll.

Thanks,
jeremy